Hekmat Habibi told AFP that Kurds and Arabs are seeking to form a joint team for negotiating with Damascus, adding that Kurds and Arabs are in talks in Tabqa city and the meeting is to form a joint platform to the beginning of talks with the Syrian central government.

He reiterated that the platform would include all self-ruling regions n northern Syria.

It is worth mentioning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has already expressed his government’s willingness for holding talks with the Kurd- Arab joint force.

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